From your mind to the living room

Xbox Live Creators Program

Whether you’re just getting into game development, finishing a student project, or looking to take your latest creation to the biggest screen in the house, the Xbox Live Creators Program is for you! If your game integrates Xbox Live and follows our standard Store policies, you are ready to publish. No concept approval required.

Create a Product in the Dev Centre and integrate Xbox Live

Enable Dev Mode on your Xbox One for console testing

Publish your game

Build your way

Use any of the engines below to get you moving on your first Creators Program game. You can also use your favourite tools such as Visual Studio to write in C# and C++.

Xbox Live Creators Program benefits

Simplified testing and deployment

Test your Creators Program game on your own Xbox One in Dev Mode. No dev kit needed. As long as your game follows standard Store policies, you do not need any other approval before taking your game to Xbox and Windows 10.

The power of Xbox Live

Integrating Xbox Live into your game gives you access to over 55 million users and includes features that will help players discover and engage with your game, including: Xbox Live presence, Leaderboards, Cloud Saves, Game Hubs, Clubs, Party Chat, Game DVR, Mixer Broadcasting, and more.

Creators Education Program

The Xbox Live Creators Program partners with schools through the Creators Education Program to empower students with the tools and skills necessary to launch and market a successful game on Xbox and Windows 10. If you’re an educator, contact us for all program details.

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Frequently asked questions

Yes, Creators Collection games can have DLC and in-game purchases if the developer chooses this.

On Xbox One, which offers gamers a curated store experience, games published through the Creators Program will be sold in the Creators Collection. This offers a balance between ensuring an open platform where anyone can develop and ship a game, and the curated store experience consoles gamers have come to know and expect. On Windows 10, Creators Program games will be sold among all other games in the standard Microsoft Store.

We’re committed to ensuring multiplayer and Achievements on Xbox Live are a great experience, and that requires additional development and certification resources. Multiplayer and achievements aren’t supported for Creators Program games to enable us to ensure gamers on Xbox Live continue to have the great experience they’ve come to expect. Developers that want access to the full set of Xbox Live features have the option to apply and enrol in the ID@Xbox program.

Developers can publish games through both ID@Xbox and the Creators Program, on a title-by-title basis. However, they can’t publish the same game through both programs at the same time.

Yes, simply head to xbox.com/id and apply. The ID@Xbox team will respond and explain the transition steps.

Games created through the Xbox Live Creators Program will be distributed in the Creators Collection section of the store. A game developer can apply to transition from the Xbox Live Creators Program to the ID@Xbox program, bringing their game from the Creators Collection to the rest of the store.

Yes, all Creators Program games will need the free IARC ratings available in Windows Dev Centre. Regions that aren’t part of the IARC will have the opportunity to acquire certification manually, and after proof of certification, can then be published in the Creators Collection.

While we want to give developers more choice in how they bring their games to Xbox Live, we have enforcement procedures in place to ensure developers and their games adhere to our Store policies and Developer Code of Conduct - inappropriate content will be flagged and reviewed through our certification system and the Store is regularly audited. On Xbox One, you can report inappropriate content on the game’s product page in the Store. And because these games are rated, all family and privacy settings that use game ratings will work in just the same way.